as in to accumulate
to increase in amount as time passes
They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year. A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing.
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When credit users can’t pay off their monthly bill in full, any new purchase made with the same card immediately starts accruing interest; so some customers may shift to debit to avoid that additional interest, Sean Higgins, a Northwestern University finance professor, told me.
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Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
The second season, featuring the women spearheading #MomTok, accrued over 5 million views just five days after its global premiere.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
During a deferment, interest may not accrue on certain Direct Loans, a category that covers most federal student debt, according to the Education Department.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The stock options sold came from 2020 performance rewards as well as stock accrued between 2011 and 2024.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
The second season, featuring the women spearheading #MomTok, accrued over 5 million views just five days after its global premiere.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
During a deferment, interest may not accrue on certain Direct Loans, a category that covers most federal student debt, according to the Education Department.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The stock options sold came from 2020 performance rewards as well as stock accrued between 2011 and 2024.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accrue
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Over the off-season, the Dodgers accumulated a murders’ row of players, at times seemingly adding pitchers just for the heck of it.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Kim brothers also allegedly accumulated substantial tax liabilities by failing to pay taxes assessed.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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In addition to optimizing queries, Espresso routes queries between different compute clusters to maximize efficiency.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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All of this means that, as Powell conceded at the annual Jackson Hole summit, the Fed’s dual mandate of ensuring price stability and maximizing employment may be skewing toward prioritizing jobs for the first time in half a decade.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Maurie Stanard, who was the bar owner then with his wife, Sophie, was the person who had collected many of the classic cars from the auction.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said investigators found palm impressions, smudges and a shoe imprints of the suspect and are hoping to collect to some DNA evidence.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Accrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accrue. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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